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del

nounnounnounverbsymbolcommon in dialogue

  • //dɛl//

The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.

noun

  1. 1

    The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.

  2. 2

    the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential

Etymology

From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoletea part, portion

Etymology

See deal

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of delegateAbbreviation of delegate.

  2. 2

    Variant of delegationAbbreviation of delegation.

Etymology

Shortening

verb

  1. 1

    Variant of deleteAbbreviation of delete.

symbol

  1. 1

    Variant of Latin delineavit as seen on published artworkAbbreviation of Latin delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history.

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin dēlīneāvit (“he/she delineated”).

Forms

plural
dels
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).